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multigraincracker

(37,665 posts)
Wed May 26, 2021, 06:37 AM May 2021

How immigration can power the future of America's heartland

https://www.axios.com/immigration-heartland-america-immigrants-jobs-arkansas-94e1101b-a8dc-48fe-a320-9db24fbae6d8.html


By the numbers: The report found the overall foreign-born population who live in that 20-state region has risen from 23.5% in 2010 to 31% in 2019.

Zoom in: Both Northwest Arkansas and Des Moines house headquarters for some of America's largest companies — which require at least a college degree for many positions and have likely recruited talent from outside the country.

In the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area, the change in foreign-born residents grew by nearly 33% between 2010 and 2019.
And a large portion of immigrants moving to the Des Moines area in the last 20 years were likely recruited and already had a college degree, per DeVol.


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How immigration can power the future of America's heartland (Original Post) multigraincracker May 2021 OP
Sure thing, stop educating our youth unless they take on huge debet, offer low starting pay, then ShazamIam May 2021 #1
Yep Bettie May 2021 #2

ShazamIam

(3,130 posts)
1. Sure thing, stop educating our youth unless they take on huge debet, offer low starting pay, then
Wed May 26, 2021, 09:06 AM
May 2021

bring in immigrants willing to work for non-livable wages and remember, the Republicans don't want new citizens, just cheap labor.

Bettie

(19,712 posts)
2. Yep
Wed May 26, 2021, 09:22 AM
May 2021

and then, blame the kids for not having good enough jobs to live a full life AND pay off their student debt.

Then, attack with a bunch of "In MY DAY..." declarations to add insult to injury.

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